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Tailor’s basting machine

The textiles machines are of historic significance as evidence of the transfer of haberdashery and tailoring of clothing from the Italian village to Fairfield in the Australia suburbs.

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Liverpool black cape c.1866

The cape has historical significance as evidence of the experience of women in middle class families in the nineteenth century and of colonial millinery and clothing retail practices.

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Griffith Alpini Army Kit Collection c.1950s

This army kit is of historic significance as the evidence of a strong emotional bond with the Alpini army corps.

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Griffith Boys Clothing Collection c.1890 – 1930s

This clothing collection from Griffith is of historic significance as a transfer of habits of dress from the Italian village to Australia.

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Griffith Continental Music Club Vinyl Record Collection c.1960s

Discover the record collection of the Griffith Continental Music Club that featured members such as Al Grassby who was the Club’s early radio announcer.

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Griffith Boot Making Bench and Tools c.1940 – 1950s

These tools of trade of Virginio Davi, who was a boot maker in Griffith in the early 1950s, are historically significant as evidence of a cottage trade transferred to Australia.

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Griffith Knitting Machine, Tools and Samples c.1930 – 1940s

This collection of knitting machines and tools is of historic significance as a family craft of the Griffith area handed down from mother to daughter, that may be traced back to a sixteenth century tradition in Northern Italy.

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Holbrook Wedding Gown c.1874

See the silk wedding gown for Gertrude Pabst who lived in Germanton (later Holbrook) in the 1870s.

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Convict Cap c.1852

Discover the Convict Cap dated 1852, the year convict transportation ended on the east coast of Australia.

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Convict Jacket c.1840s

Discover the long sleeved woollen convict jacket made of ‘Parramatta cloth’, c.1830s-1840s.

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